Norwood appeared to lead most of the night as the vote count seemed to trickle out of the Fulton County Elections headquarters. The night turned around for Bottoms just before 11 p.m. as results were reported from a significant number of precincts.

"This is about what we hope this city can be for our children's children," Bottoms told her supporters just before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.

That dream might not yet be a full reality as the Norwood campaign expressed concerns over provisional ballots and two Atlanta precincts in DeKalb County. FOX 5 News attempted to reach a representative at DeKalb County Elections around midnight to clear up confusion over a lack of votes in those two precincts but was not able to reach anyone. Norwood also said she wants to wait for the military votes to be counted.

Tuesday, at least one of those questions were answered, this one about the two precincts not counted. DeKalb County Elections said those were added prematurely in advance of the annexation of the Emory area set for the first of the year and do not even count for this election. Officials said they regret the confusion it caused.